Facebook has blocked news pages in Australia after proposals to have the social media giant pay creators for content. This shows how much Big Tech can bully a country – but Canberra prefers to fight the phantom menace of China. As part of a long-running dispute over proposals to make “Big Tech” companies pay for...
Soaring deer numbers in Killarney has led to calls for the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to purchase winter feed for the highly protected animals so they remain within the park boundaries.
The left has bought heavily into ‘Zero Covid' as a policy goal, but the concept is fundamentally flawed, as it overstates the threat and offers overkill solutions. Zero Covid? Who could possibly be against that? But while initially the total elimination of coronavirus sounds like quite an attractive idea, the devil most certainly is in...
There has been widespread coverage of large gatherings of Orthodox Jews during lockdown, an indication of the community's determination to try to carry on as normal, despite Covid. But not everyone agrees with the rule-breaking. One of the most contentious debates throughout the pandemic has been what is and isn't worth flouting quarantine rules for....
A new hearing on giving reparations to African Americans in the US has reignited discussion. But all reparations really are, are a distraction from other issues that could be solved to help black communities. Utah representative Burgess Owens and former football star Herschel Walker discussed their opposition to the possibility of reparations in the United...
The armed palace police officers awoke him in the middle of the night, mockingly called him “president,” threatened to kill him and placed him under arrest. Now one of Haiti's … Click to Continue »
The application process for the 2021 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the Greening Scheme has now opened, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed.
